Moderation

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by Meusli

Damned if he does damned if he doesn't. There was a massive thread where everyone asked him to be more severe with the threads going off topic, soon as he does what people ask you start whining.

People asked for more moderation to make the update thread more useful. I don't see how locking the thread will accomplish that. I'm also wondering about the definition of "off topic" that is applied here when even comments on the update like this are unwanted. But apparently the policy changes daily now so who knows what we can post tomorrow...

[Sven]

I think it is a good decision, this also creates a more specific and more deeply discussion about a single issues which the thread starter pointed out, I think this leads to a more organised discussion, that is, when people stay mature.

[SlipBall]

I always felt the moderation level was about right till now. 24 hrs and locked, is weird for sure...maybe nearmiss has reached his breaking point, responding to the pressure of that poll.

[Splitter]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

I always felt the moderation level was about right till now. 24 hrs and locked, is weird for sure...maybe nearmiss has reached his breaking point, responding to the pressure of that poll.

Probably.

People should lay off of Nearmiss, he is just doing what the majority of the community asked for. It was self imposed in that sense. It sounds like he doesn't want to keep monitoring the thread for a whole week and has limited it to one day. I think for what has been asked of him (a near impossible, thankless, and time consuming task), that's fair.

Splitter

[Bricks]

Lets wait for the next updates and see how it works, before we start another discussion about discussing discussions

[Meusli]

Originally Posted by The Kraken

People asked for more moderation to make the update thread more useful. I don't see how locking the thread will accomplish that. I'm also wondering about the definition of "off topic" that is applied here when even comments on the update like this are unwanted. But apparently the policy changes daily now so who knows what we can post tomorrow...

Sometimes it takes harsh action once in a while to get people to tow the line. You all asked for moderation after he let everyone have a free hand in the threads for a long time, he does what you ask now your are all moaning. I have seen children with better manners.

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by Meusli

You all asked for moderation after he let everyone have a free hand in the threads for a long time, he does what you ask now your are all moaning.

Well I didn't, and the people who did mostly asked for more moderation to make the thread useful, and not for locking it to make it useless. I understand people were frustrated with the direction some of those threads were taking, I also understand being a moderator is not an easy task, but I still have no clue what this latest approach is supposed to accomplish.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by The Kraken

Well I didn't, and the people who did mostly asked for more moderation to make the thread useful, and not for locking it to make it useless. I understand people were frustrated with the direction some of those threads were taking, I also understand being a moderator is not an easy task, but I still have no clue what this latest approach is supposed to accomplish.

+1

nearmiss is most likely unable to devote a lot of time here. Baby sitting the up-date thread, I'm sure is a pain in the ass to him. Its a shame that it came to this, because a lot of ideas and answers are no longer possible. Except of course if Oleg responds in any of the new threads seaking information and thoughts on the up-date...but don't count on it

[Hunden]

90% of what I've learned regarding il2 was through reading post some of which were off topic. Just recently MAT manager for example.

[kendo65]

Pretty impossible task for Nearmiss. As said already - 'Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't'.

Moderators have lives too you know. A lot of off-topics in this week's update.

What do we want?

A free-for-all post anything policy pisses some people off.

The strategy of only allowing on-topic posts requires either:

1. That everyone exercises some thought before posting (post in a new thread if needed) and tries to make it work

or

2. The moderator stays tuned here 24/7 to mop up those who are too inconsiderate or lazy to comply with the requests.

Nearmiss obviously has better things to do than that.

So the last alternative - lock the thread.